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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

My investments have been held by a blind trust, have been managed by a trustee. I don't manage them, don't even know where they are. Those -- that trustee follows all U.S. laws. All the taxes are paid, as appropriate. All of them have been…

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

I would also like to thank Chairman Bishop for his leadership in bringing forward this critical legislation.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

It's the ultimate conservative idea which is that people have responsibility for their own care and they don't look to government to take care of them if they can afford to take care of themselves.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

A conservative approach is one that relies on individual responsibility.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

No more free riding, if you will, where an individual says, I'm not going to pay even though I can afford it. I'm not going to get insurance even though I can afford it.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

I think that is right, and I think it is compassionate. It is also smart business.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

We have tried to cut down administrative overhead and tried to smooth out some of those areas to at least use the money wisely in this particular area.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

I'm optimistic that these programs can reach their goals in the coming years, recover the species at issue, and safeguard the economic well being of our communities and jobs connected to these efforts.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Jul 9, 2012

If we don't do this, and we lose the control of this project, then how we manage the water system for the entire Intermountain West is going to be in jeopardy.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

The Supreme Court is the final word, right? Isn't that the highest court in the land? And they said it was a tax, didn't they? So it's a tax, of course, if that's what they say it is.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

I think there's still some outstanding issues. But it was wrong, it doesn't look right, it doesn't smell right because it wasn't right.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

It was wrong, it doesn't look right, it doesn't smell right because it wasn't right, Anderson.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

Well, the Ethics Committee in general is fairly impotent. Usually, it's -- the voters have to deal with this and make these types of decisions.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jul 4, 2012

Well, there was no quid pro quo. We could not directly tie somebody's vote directly to getting this benefit as the report points out.

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